Broadway Musicals
This 1991 Tale as Old as Time was adapted for the Broadway stage with music by Alan Menken.
What is Beauty and the Beast?
This friendly face welcomed kids to his beautiful neighborhood from 1968-2001.
Who is Mr. Rodgers?
This 2002 Valpo Graduate is the head Meteorologist at Good Morning America.
Who is Ginger Zee?
This composer wrote the scores to Harry Potter and Star Wars.
Who is John Williams?
This eccentrically dressed cultural icon sang the National Anthem at Biden's Inauguration.
Who is Lady Gaga?
This 1986 hit musical is based off of a melodrama by Gaston Leroux.
What is Phantom of the Opera?
This actor won an Academy Award in 2014 for his chilling performance in "Whiplash"
Who is JK Simmons?
This famous Valpo building contains an organ with 5,500 pipes.
This hit song is featured in the climax of the 1987 film "Dirty Dancing".
What is (I've Had) The Time of My Life?
This rapper and flautist promotes body positivity and her love of "Boys" in her music.
Who is Lizzo?
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This Bernstein and Sondheim collaboration set the story of Romeo and Juliet against the backdrop of 1950s New York gang violence.
What is West Side Story?
"Stars and Stripes Forever" is a fan favorite of this march composer.
Who is John Phillip Sousa?
The big tree by the CCLIR is named after an Arthurian wizard.
Who is Merlin?
This 1995 film starring Richard Dreyfuss follows the career of a music teacher through multiple decades.
What is Mr. Holland's Opus?
This country singer songwriter broke into new levels of fame after the 1980 smash hit film 9 to 5.
This Bob Fosse hit contains theatre staples like "Maybe this Time" and "Willkommen".
What is Cabaret?
This famous Italian tenor born in 1935 won 7 Grammys before passing in 2007.
Who is Luciano Pavarotti?
This former Valpo President and PMA brother was in the original touring cast of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Who is Mark Heckler?
The score of Tchailovsky's Swan Lake is featured throughout this 2010 thriller starring Natalie Portman.
What is Black Swan?
This jazz artist known for her scatting won two Grammy Awards at the show's inaugural year.
Who is Ella Fitzgerald?
This minimalist musical, revived in 2016 starring Stephanie J Block and Andrew Rannels, deals with the intersection of the Jewish faith and the 1980s AIDS crisis.
What is Falsettos?
This Appalachian Springs composer popularized the tune "Simple Gifts".
Who is Aaron Copeland?
This faithful campus dog was buried by Wesemann Hall, the old Law School.
Who is George?
This spooky composer often writes the scores to Tim Burton films.
Who is Danny Elffman?
This Liebesfruhling composer was a child prodigy who grew up to often be overshadowed by her composer husband.
Who is Clara Schumann?